floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supplyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down116cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkA.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supplyfortune.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarebhmnscmm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe water isn’t being consumed. It’s going through the same process all the water in the city is going through. Pulled from the river, cleaned, used for cooling at the data centers, and returned to the river via the waste water system. The only loss is the energy/resources to treat the water.
The water isn’t being consumed. It’s going through the same process all the water in the city is going through.
Pulled from the river, cleaned, used for cooling at the data centers, and returned to the river via the waste water system.
The only loss is the energy/resources to treat the water.